Colin Adams, "The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots"
2004 | ISBN-10: 0821836781 | 307 pages | PDF | 56 MB
Knots are familiar objects. We use them to moor our boats, to wrap our packages, to tie our shoes. Yet the mathematical theory of knots quickly leads to deep results in topology and geometry. "The Knot Book" is an introduction to this rich theory, starting with our familiar understanding of knots and a bit of college algebra and finishing with exciting topics of current research. "The Knot Book" is also about the excitement of doing mathematics.
